Packaging eggs and the like



Jan. 25, 1944.

A. B; CLUNAN 2,340,260

PACKAGING EGGS AND THE LIKE Filed Jul 12, 1940 Patented Jan. 25, 1944 2,340,260 PACKAGING EGGS AND THE LIKE Albert B. Clunan,

tion of Delaware Barberton, Wingfoot Corporation,

Ohio, assignor to Akron, Ohio, a corpora- Application July 12, 1940, Serial No. 345,160

3 Claims.

packaging eggs anu the like in rubber hydrochloride film.

Itis customary to preserve fromthe action of the air.

According to this invention, eggs are protected from the air by enclosing the eggs. In automatic mllpment there may be cavities in the rolls 6 them m an air-tight and 1 so spaced as to prevent and stretch the heated film over the eggs and the wrapped eggs are withdrawn from the rollers enclosed in the rubber hydroch oride may be cut oil as the eggs come from between the rollers 6 and 1.

According to a modified operation, the film as it leaves the roll I is heated and stretched to several times its original length, so that the eggs are wrapped in the stretched thinner film. The heating required for stretching may be used also for sealing the film around the eggs. heating step may be used, and the blower pipes 5 may then be omitted.

Instead of eggs or dolls or any other frangible article may be similarly enclosed in rubber hydrochloride film.

I claim: v

1. The method of wrapping a plurality of trangible articles in rubber 

